Josh Kroenke sets out Arsenal transfer plan with clear Viktor Gyokeres hint for Mikel Arteta

Josh Kroenke has confirmed that Arsenal's owners "plan to invest" over the summer to give Mikel Arteta a squad capable of challenging on all four fronts.

After crashing out of the at the semi-final stage and failing to keep pace with , the Gunners will end the 2024/25 season trophyless. Injuries to key players such as Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Kai Havertz did not help the north Londoners and football.london understands the club want to improve squad depth in the summer.

It's believed want to sign a back-up goalkeeper, defender, central midfielder, new striker and potentially a wide forward this summer. A deal for Martin Zubimendi looks to have already been agreed, while Viktor Gyokeres and Benjamin Sesko are among the strikers linked with a move to Emirates Stadium.

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Ahead of Sunday's clash against Newcastle, Arsenal co-chairman Josh Kroenke has dropped the clearest indication yet that it will indeed be an extremely busy window for the Gunners. In his end of season message to supporters, Kroenke said: "We plan to invest to get behind winning and doing better next season.

"We’re delighted we have our sporting director, Andrea, who will play an important role in this. He is part of a unified and strong team, supported by the board, who are crystal clear on exactly what we need to do and the way in which we want to do it. The right way. The Arsenal way.

"Ultimately, we all want the same thing. We’re as hungry for success as you are and that goes for everyone who works for the club. We have brilliant people right across Arsenal and I want to thank every member of staff for the dedication they have shown again this season. It’s something we have reflected on this week and it never goes unnoticed."

New sporting director Andrea Berta will work with Arteta over the coming weeks as the club look to improve the squad for the 2025/26 campaign. Arteta has helped transform the club into challengers but now must turn his squad into winners.

"As a club, we’re striving to win major trophies and, on the men’s front, we know we have fallen short of what we all wanted this season," Kroenke added. "Despite not reaching the Champions League final in Munich, our run to the semi-final of the competition still created some of our best nights this season.

"Our match here against Real Madrid was one of the best games and the most electric atmospheres we’ve experienced at Emirates Stadium. The game we played at the Bernabeu will no doubt live forever with those lucky enough to have been there.

"Mikel and his coaching staff, as well as the players, faced some challenges throughout the season and I want to give credit to the way they managed in these circumstances. It’s in these moments you learn the most.

"Today [Sunday], they will give everything to produce the result that confirms Champions League qualification for a third successive season. We’re still pursuing second place in the Premier League for the third year running, but we all want to win it."